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INSECTA, LEPIDOPTERA.
pp. 45, 46.—P. phlaas, L., and P. eleus, Fab., vary in a precisely similar
manner. Staud. I. c. pp. 46, 47.
Polyommatus phlaas. A white variety is recorded by G. T. Porritt, Ent.
M. M. vii. p. 110.
Polyommatus cpixanthc. Described in full by Moschler, S. E. Z. 1870,
pp. 114, 115.
Polyommatus helle. Habits and transformations fully described by Zeller,
S. E. Z. 1870, pp. 299-304.
Polyommatus thersamon, var. persica, Bienert, Lep. Ergebn. pp. 28, 29.
Clirysophanus orus, Cram., and C. lara, Linn. Trimen remarks on these
two species (Tr. E. Soc. 1870, pp. 369, 370). He considers C. lara to be a
true Chrysophanus.
Lycana. Pap. barbarus, Gmel.,=Pap. pirithous, Linn., which is probably
the S of Pap. philiasus, Linn. (? = Polyommatus amyntas, Fabr.). Kirby, Tr,
E. Soc. 1870, pp. 149, 150.
TRIMEN (Tr. E. Soc. 1870, pp. 359-368) publishes remarks on several
South-African species of this genus, especially L. palemon, Cram,, L. astevis,
Godt., L. trochilus, Herr.-Schaff., L. mahallokoana, Wallengr., and L. gaiktt,
Trim. He figures L. mahallokoana, pi. 6. figs. 7, 8, and notes L. kmjsna,
Trim., as = L. lysimon, Ochs.
Lycana arsacia, Led. Lederer now regards this species as distinct from
panayaa, H.-S.: Hor. Ent. Ross. viii. p. 9.
Lycana hypochiona, Ramb., = avgiades, Fj&p., = agon, var., unless the first=
calliopis, Boisd., which appears to be distinct from argus. Guehee, Ann. Soc.
Ent. Fr. (4) x. pp. 20, 21. He also remarks (I. c. note) on the variations of
L. argus and E. agon.
Lycana hesperiea, Ramb., = L. zephyrus, Friv.; L. pylaon, Ev., may be
another local form. Staudinger, Hor. Ent. Ross. vii. pp. 48-50.
Lycana batica and L. argiolus. On a singular organ in the larvae see
Gue'ne'e and Goossens, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. x. pp. Ixxvii, lxxviii.
Lycana alexis. A. Muller mentions having seen a specimen fly towards a
small piece of blue paper: Ent. M. M. vii. pp. 61, 62. Bienert describes I.
icarus, var. persica: Lep. Ergebn. p. 29.
Lycanapseudarejiolus, Boisd.(= argiolus, Abb. & Smith, = ?ieglecta,lla.n.,
text not plate), described and figured by Edwards, Butt. N. Amer. Lye.
pi. 2. f. 1-3; L. neglecta, Edw. (=pseueletrgiolus, Harr. text), figured and
described by Edwards, with notice of the larva from Saunders's observations,
I. c. f. 4-6.
Lycana semiargus, Rott. Staudinger describes var. parnassia, and states
that L. helena, Staud., and L. antiochena, Led., are also local forms of tho
same species. Hor. Ent. Ross. vii. pp. 55, 50.
Lycana corydon. Lederer points out the distinctions between vars. caucasica
(polona, Led. olim, nee Zell) and covydonius: Ann. E. Belg. xiii.
p. 23. Newman describes the larva: Ent. v. pp. 138,139.
Lycana avion. Eggs and young larva described by Merrin and Newman:
I. c. pp. 139, 140, 167, 168.
Lgeema battus. A variety from East Siberia noticed bv Erschoff, Bull.
Mose. 1809, pt. 4. p. 272.
Lycana panoptes, Iliibn'., is not distinct from L. hylas, W. V.: Staudinger,
Hor. Ent. Ross. vii. pp. 50, 51.